Vladimir还让我谈谈俄国人。俄罗斯是一个大国，我们知道彼得大帝去了西欧，在那里他学到了很多知识。那些工匠，建筑师等在不同方面欧洲化了俄罗斯。俄罗斯还有近200个少数民族。俄罗斯人比德国人更富有个性。小时候，我读托尔斯泰，“安娜卡列尼娜”，高尔基，“生活三部曲。”影响了我的一生。相比之下，俄罗斯人更善良，更简单，更少西方人的自私和阴险。也许俄罗斯人有更多的理想，所以社会主义就会在那里发生。德国人，俄罗斯人也有类似的民族性格。伟大的凯瑟琳是德国人。弗拉基米尔和默克尔，他们都讲俄语和德语，从小就是朋友。所以俄罗斯人和德国人有关系。然而德国人被俄罗斯第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战击败，他们依然依靠俄罗斯的天然气供应。你可以明白谁更强大。中国称俄罗斯为“战斗民族”。

Vladimir also asked me to talk about Russian. Russia is a big country, we know that Peter the Great went to Western Europe, where he learned a lot of knowledge. Those craftsman, architect etc Europeanized Russia in difference aspects. There are also nearly 200 minorities in vast Russia. Russians have more, richer personalities than Germans. As a child, I read Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina, “ Gorky's, “life trilogy” affecting my whole life. By comparison, the Russians are kinder, simpler, less Westerner’s selfish and insidiousness. Perhaps Russian have more ideal, so, socialism would happen there. Germans, Russian have a similar national character. Catherine the great was a German. Vladimir and Merkel, both speak Russian and German, have been friends since they were young. So Russian and German  are related. However Germans were defeated by Russian in both WWI and WWII. Now  Germany are still depending on Russia for natural gas supply. So you can tell who is stronger. Chinese call Russian “fighting nation” .